Project: Joyride

Shown with demo cars

Project: Joyride plans a car project from the owner's side, and keeps every car's story.

For people who love older cars: dreamers with a shortlist, owners in the middle of a build, and collectors with a full garage.

I want to join the early users
The garage in Project: Joyride: a build with its plan, and the dream garage below it.
Demo data · made-up members and cars The garage: your builds, your cars, your dream cars.

What Project: Joyride is

It started with a yellow Alfa Romeo 145 Cloverleaf, found in a field after years of not starting. Planning its restoration properly, every part, every hour, every euro, became the app.

It follows a car through three stages, and you can start at any of them: the dream, the build, and the years of driving after. Every number has a source, safety is never cut to fit a budget, and the car's history stays with the car.

Four ways to use it

The build-up conversation: the app asks about the car, area by area.

Dream

No car yet? Keep a shortlist of up to ten. Each one shows what it costs to buy, and roughly what it takes to make right. Seen one for sale? Plan it before you pay: the cost to make it right tells you whether the price makes sense.

A build plan: every line with its range and its source; agree, change or skip.

Build

Talk your car through the way you'd tell a friend: paint, engine, brakes, tyres. Paste a link or a screenshot of a part you like. Out comes a Dream plan and a Sensible plan, every line with its source. When the workshop finds something, the plan changes and keeps the reason.

A collection of twelve cars, sorted by what needs attention, each with its status.

Own

Every car gets its history book: each job with its date, kilometres and photos. Reminders follow from it, and you can always say "later". Collectors see every car on one list, sorted by what needs attention: ready for the road, in build, or waiting for better days.

The community feed: builds, photos and questions, with no likes.

Together

A community without likes or follower counts. A car earns attention through real work: dated jobs, a workshop, someone who saw it on a drive. Members give cars stars for how cool they are, and on Saturday there's a drive in your region.

How it works

  1. Start a build by talking it through.The app knows the car, asks how it is today, what it should become, each area in turn, and your budget.
  2. Decide, item by item.Agree, change or skip. Saving makes Build Plan 1.
  3. Change the plan when the car surprises you.Add what the workshop found; the hours come with it. The new version keeps the reason.
  4. Hand it to the workshop.One page with the hours, the parts and their sources.
  5. Keep the book.Every job with its date, kilometres and photos. Reminders follow, with "remind me later" when life gets in the way.
  6. Share it, or keep it private.Per car, your choice. Shared cars join the community, its stars and its Saturday drives.

A look inside

Reminders across a collection, with remind me in 14 days or 60 days.
Reminders, worst first, with "remind me later".
A car page: how rare it is, from two sources, and its stars from members.
How rare a car is, and how cool members think it is.
Regional joyrides: meet at a petrol station, coffee at the end.
Saturday drives in your region. Dreamers welcome.

Screens from the demo: made-up members and cars, illustrative prices. Car photos of the models from Wikimedia Commons, credited in the app.

Honest by design

  • Every number has a source. A guess says it's a guess, and a range stays a range until there's a quote.
  • Safety is never cut to make a budget fit. The app says how much more is needed instead.
  • No likes, no follower counts. The feed is ordered by how recent a post is and the real work behind the car, never by popularity.
  • Rarity only from two sources. One source is shown as one source; nothing is guessed.
  • Private by default where it matters. Money is yours alone. Collections stay private unless you share a car. Photos are resized on your phone, so their location never leaves it.

Where it stands today

Project: Joyride works today with a demo community: made-up members, builds, a collector's garage and regional drives, around Mustard, the real build it started with. Owners of the demo cars and a car collector are reviewing it now.

Own an older car, a shortlist, or a whole collection? Join the early users.

I want to join the early users

The button opens an email to info@craft11.com with a few lines to fill in. We add you to the list and write back.

Questions about Project: Joyride

Does it replace my mechanic?

No. The mechanic does the work. Project: Joyride is the owner's side: what to ask, what it should cost, and what to check when it's done. The workshop gets one clear page.

Are the prices real?

Each price says where it comes from. A guess is marked as a guess, and you see a range until there is a quote or a shop price.

Is it only for restorations?

No. It works for a shortlist of cars you'd love, a check before you buy, a weekend fix, a full restoration, and the years of driving after.

Is it for collectors?

Yes. Every car on one list, sorted by what needs attention, with reminders from each car's own history, and a 'remind me later' when there's no time.

Who sees my cars?

You decide per car. Shared cars appear in the community; private cars are seen by you alone. What you paid and what jobs cost are never shown to anyone else.

How rare is my car?

Each car shows how many were built, but only when two independent sources agree, and how rare its colour is among the cars in the app. Members can give a car stars for how cool it is. Stars are for cars, never likes for posts.

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